IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS141008
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS141008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0783
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17690
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.2910271
  • Std. Longitude: -99.0235519
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 S.
  • Range: 15 W.
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet S and 1900 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: About 6 3/4 miles north of Natoma, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 2613—Harney silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS141—Osborne
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS141—Osborne County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39099-C1—Laton, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Tricks, J.C. Remley, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 40 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/2005
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed-calcareous over residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified at 221cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 43
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—52

    40—86

    68—

    168—

    —52—

    —46—

    —-

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

    122

    76.2

    626

    —

    250

    584

    —

    —

    12.2

    26.1

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    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04226; observed in pit, small
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium faint spherical weakly coherent cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04227; observed in pit, small
    BA—28 to 40 centimeters (11.0 to 15.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04228; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 294345; continuous - phpvsfiid 294345
    Bt1—40 to 52 centimeters (15.7 to 20.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; 43 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04229; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 294346; continuous - phpvsfiid 294346
    Bt2—52 to 67 centimeters (20.5 to 26.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; 41 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04230; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 294347; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 294347
    Btk—67 to 86 centimeters (26.4 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 7 percent prominent carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 4 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04231; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 294349; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 294348; continuous - phpvsfiid 294349; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 294348
    Bk1—86 to 111 centimeters (33.9 to 43.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent distinct carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04232; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 294350; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 294350
    Bk2—111 to 142 centimeters (43.7 to 55.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 3 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04233; observed in pit, small
    Bk3—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches);, 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04234; observed in pit, small
    2Ck—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; loam; 25 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular black (10YR 2/1), dry, iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04235; observed in pit, small